On Memorial Day

Another Memorial weekend has come and gone. We left the house about three times. This is too bad, because THERE IS NO TRAFFIC on Memorial Day weekend. The DC area is like a college campus a lot of the time. This is especially noticeable on holiday weekends and in the months of July and August. I think there were 2 other people at the grocery store when I was there last night. I'm serious about that. It was eerily quiet. I think that must be what grocery shopping is like when you're a celebrity.

It was a big weekend. It centered totally around the youth, which surprisingly, is not always the case. I put together his SuperYard (massive playpen) today, put up a baby gate in the upstairs hallway Saturday (which involved adding studs to a wall), and today we went to the pool for the first time. He had a blast. There was much splashing involved and a lot of worship of the "big kids." For those of you with no children, there is a lot of love for all kids over the age of 3 when you're a baby. He was particularly impressed with their swimming races.

I'm going to abort this now. There will be another post about Kazakhstan tomorrow. Sleep tight, America.